After AMD launched the Radeon RX Vega 64 and Radeon RX Vega 56 graphics cards, everyone expected a response from NVIDIA. That came in the form of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti just 6 weeks later.

Based on the NVIDIA Pascal microarchitecture, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti slides in between the GeForce GTX 1080 and the GeForce GTX 1070, which saw a price cut. The Pascal microarchitecture is more than 1.5 years old, but don’t knock it – it still packs a potent punch!

In fact, we end up giving the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Founders Edition our Editor’s Choice Award! Read our review and find out why!

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Specifications Comparison

This table compares the specifications of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (Price Check) against the other two cards based on the GP104 GPU – the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 and the GeForce GTX 1070.

For more specifications, please take a look at our Desktop Graphics Card Comparison Guide.

Unboxing The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Founders Edition (Price Check) comes in a really nice cardboard box that doubles as a display stand. Not that anyone would actually leave the card there just for display!

Inside the box, you will find the following items :

• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Founders Edition graphics card (Price Check)
• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Quick Start Guide
• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Support Guide
• Limited Edition NVIDIA GeForce GTX case badge

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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Up Close

Let’s take a quick close-up look at the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Founders Edition graphics card (Price Check), and its faceted die-cast aluminium cooler.

Here are close-up pictures of the various aspects of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Founders Edition graphics card (Price Check).

Like the GeForce GTX 1070, the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti comes with a dual-linked DVI port, in addition to the usual suspects – three DisplayPort 1.4 and one HDMI 2.0b ports.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (Price Check) has a TDP of 180 W, and requires a single 8-pin PCI Express power cable. It also supports the SLI HB (High Bandwidth) bridge for two-way SLI pairing.

Founder’s Edition Advantage

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Founders Edition (Price Check) was designed to be the ultimate expression of NVIDIA’s gaming vision. Hence, they crafted it with premium materials and components, including a faceted die-cast aluminium-framed shroud for strength, rigidity and looks.

Aesthetics aside, the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Founders Edition comes with an improved cooler built around a radial fan and an improved aluminium heatsink. The new heatsink features vapour chamber cooling and has 2x the surface area.

It also boasts a 7-phase power design with 14 high-efficiency dual FETs for both GPU and memory power supplies. Coupled with a low-impedance power delivery network and custom voltage regulators, they deliver better power efficiency and overclocking headroom.

The Thermal Output

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (Price Check) uses the NVIDIA GP104 GPU, which is fabricated on the 16 nm FinFET process. Thanks to the more efficient FinFET process, and the power-efficient Pascal architecture, the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti has a TDP (Thermal Design Power) of just 180 W.

We recorded the peak exhaust temperature of the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Founders Edition, and compared it to the Radeon RX Vega 64 (Price Check) and Vega 56 (Price Check) graphics cards, as well as the older GeForce GTX 1070, GeForce GTX 1060 and Radeon RX 580 graphics cards.

Note that these are not the recorded temperatures, but how much hotter the exhaust air is above ambient temperature.

With a TDP lower than the Radeon RX Vega 64 (Price Check) and Vega 56 (Price Check) graphics cards, it’s not surprising to see the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti producing a lower exhaust temperature.

The Noise Level

Of course, the lower exhaust temperature might be due to a more powerful, and therefore, noisier, fan. Let’s see how noisy the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Founders Edition fan really is…

In the video above, the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Founders Edition (Price Check) was recorded while it was running the Ashes of the Singularity benchmark. At the very beginning, you can hear it spool up as the benchmark begins.

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Benchmarking Notes

Our graphics benchmarking test bed has the following specifications :

We used the GeForce driver 388.31 for the NVIDIA graphics cards, and Radeon Software 17.9.3 for the AMD graphics cards.

3DMark DirectX 12 Benchmark (2560 x 1440)

3DMark Time Spy is the DirectX 12 benchmark in 3DMark. It supports new API features like asynchronous compute, explicit multi-adapter, and multi-threading.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Founders Edition (Price Check) did very well in this DirectX 12 benchmark. It came in between the Radeon RX Vega 64 (Price Check) and the Vega 56 (Price Check), and was 17% faster than the GeForce GTX 1070.

3DMark (1920 x 1080)

For Direct 11 performance, we started testing the graphics cards using 3DMark at the entry-level gaming resolution – 1920 x 1080.

Due to the relatively low resolution, this is a CPU-limited test for many high-end graphics cards. The GeForce GTX 1070 Ti and the GeForce GTX 1070 were both roughly between the Radeon RX Vega 64 (Price Check) and the Radeon Vega 56 Price Check) in performance.

3DMark (2560 x 1440)

We then took 3DMark up a notch to the resolution of 2560 x 1440. Let’s take a look at the results!

The GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (Price Check) pulled away with the higher resolution. At 1440p, it was 11% faster than the GeForce GTX 1070, matching the Radeon RX Vega 56 in performance. It was just 12% slower than the Radeon RX Vega 64 (Price Check).

3DMark (3840 x 2160)

This is torture, even for flagship graphics cards.

At this resolution, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (Price Check) was 11% faster than the GeForce GTX 1070, matching the Radeon RX Vega 56 in performance. It was now 13% slower than the Radeon RX Vega 64 (Price Check).

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Ashes of the Singularity (1920 x 1080)

We tested Ashes of the Singularity in the DirectX 12 mode, which supports the Asynchronous Compute feature. We started with the full HD resolution.

At this resolution, the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (Price Check) was just 1.6% slower than the Radeon RX Vega 56 (Price Check), and 2.7% slower than the Vega 64 (Price Check). The two AMD Vega cards have a big advantage in AOTS, thanks to its support for Asynchronous Compute.

Ashes of the Singularity (2560 x 1440)

We then took Ashes of the Singularity up a notch to the resolution of 2560 x 1440. Let’s see how the cards fare now…

At 1440p, the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (Price Check) was virtually equal to the AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 and the Vega 56 in performance. It was 9% faster than the GeForce GTX 1070 at this resolution.

Ashes of the Singularity (3840 x 2160)

Finally, let’s see how the cards perform with Ashes of the Singularity running at the Ultra HD resolution of 3840 x 2160.

At the 4K resolution, the Radeon RX Vega 64‘s higher memory bandwidth allowed it to pull away from the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti by 4%. The GeForce GTX 1070 Ti, in turn, was now 7% faster than the Radeon RX Vega 56, and 19% faster than the GeForce GTX 1070!

Warhammer (1920 x 1080)

This chart shows you the minimum and maximum frame rates, as well as the average frame rate, recorded by Total War : Warhammer‘s internal DirectX 12 benchmark.

All six graphics cards were so fast, they were CPU-limited at this resolution. The GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (Price Check) was just 5% faster than the GeForce GTX 1070. The AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 and the Vega 56 has a big advantage here due to their support for Asynchronous Compute.

Warhammer (2560 x 1440)

This chart shows you the minimum and maximum frame rates, as well as the average frame rate, recorded by Total War : Warhammer‘s internal DirectX 12 benchmark.

At the 1440p resolution, the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (Price Check) matched the Radeon RX Vega 56 (Price Check) in performance. The AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 (Price Check) was faster by 7%.

Warhammer (3840 x 2160)

This chart shows you the minimum and maximum frame rates, as well as the average frame rate, recorded by Total War : Warhammer‘s internal DirectX 12 benchmark.

At this 4K resolution, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (Price Check) pulled ahead of the Radeon RX Vega 56 (Price Check), beating it by 6.4%. and the GeForce GTX 1070 by 10%. The Radeon RX Vega 64 remained faster, with the performance gap dropping slightly to 6.5%.

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The Witcher 3 (1920 x 1080)

This chart shows you the minimum and maximum frame rates, as well as the average frame rate, that FRAPS recorded in The Witcher 3.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (Price Check) was really fast in this test, delivering average frame rates in excess of 110 fps! This made it practically as fast as the Radeon RX Vega 64 (Price Check), 11% faster than the Radeon RX Vega 56 (Price Check), and 16% faster than the GeForce GTX 1070.

The Witcher 3 (2560 x 1440)

This chart shows you the minimum and maximum frame rates, as well as the average frame rate, that FRAPS recorded in The Witcher 3.

At 1440p, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (Price Check) and the Radeon RX Vega 64 (Price Check) were the only cards capable of delivering an average frame rate in excess of 75 fps. In fact, their minimum frame rates were higher than the average frame rates of the GeForce GTX 1060 and Radeon RX 580 graphics cards!

At this resolution, the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti was practically as fast as the Radeon RX Vega 64, 10% faster than the Radeon RX Vega 56, and 14% faster than the GeForce GTX 1070.

The Witcher 3 (3840 x 2160)

This chart shows you the minimum and maximum frame rates, as well as the average frame rate, that FRAPS recorded in The Witcher 3.

The 4K resolution in The Witcher 3 is really tough on graphics cards, practically halving their frame rates. The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (Price Check) and the AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 (Price Check) were the only cards to deliver an average frame rate in excess of 40 fps at this resolution.

The GeForce GTX 1070 Ti continued to keep up with the Radeon RX Vega 64, and was 11% faster than the Radeon RX Vega 56, and 14% faster than the GeForce GTX 1070 at this resolution.

For Honor (1920 x 1080)

This chart shows you the minimum and maximum frame rates, as well as the average frame rate, recorded by For Honor‘s internal DirectX 12 benchmark.

At 1080p, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (Price Check) actually edge out the Radeon RX Vega 64 (Price Check) by 2%. It was also 16% faster than both Radeon RX Vega 56 (Price Check) and GeForce GTX 1070.

For Honor (2560 x 1440)

This chart shows you the minimum and maximum frame rates, as well as the average frame rate, recorded by For Honor‘s internal DirectX 12 benchmark.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (Price Check) continued to edge out the Radeon RX Vega 64 by about 2%. It was now 16% faster than the GeForce GTX 1070, and 20% faster than the Radeon RX Vega 56.

For Honor (3840 x 2160)

This chart shows you the minimum and maximum frame rates, as well as the average frame rate, recorded by For Honor‘s internal DirectX 12 benchmark.

The 4K resolution in For Honor is a real frame rate killer. Even the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti could not deliver an average frame rate of 40 fps.

At this resolution, the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Price Check) was 4% faster than the Radeon RX Vega 64, 17% faster than the GeForce GTX 1070, and 22% faster than the Radeon RX Vega 56.

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Mass Effect: Andromeda (1920 x 1080)

This chart shows you the minimum and maximum frame rates, as well as the average frame rate, that FRAPS recorded in Mass Effect: Andromeda.

At this entry-level gaming resolution, all six cards did well, delivering average frame rates far in excess of 60 fps. Notably, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (Price Check), GeForce GTX 1070, Radeon RX Vega 64 (Price Check), and Radeon RX Vega 56 (Price Check) were so fast, their frame rates never dropped below 60 fps.

Thanks to Asynchronous Compute and the CPU limit at this resolution, the AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 was 8% faster than the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti. But the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti managed to beat the Radeon RX Vega 56 by 4%, which makes it about 5% faster than the GeForce GTX 1070.

Mass Effect: Andromeda (2560 x 1440)

This chart shows you the minimum and maximum frame rates, as well as the average frame rate, that FRAPS recorded in Mass Effect: Andromeda.

With the jump in resolution, every graphics card took a massive hit in their frame rates. But the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (Price Check) was now the fastest card in this comparison.

At this resolution, it was 8% faster than the Radeon RX Vega 64, 16% faster than the GeForce GTX 1070, and 24% faster than the Radeon RX Vega 56.

Mass Effect: Andromeda (3840 x 2160)

This chart shows you the minimum and maximum frame rates, as well as the average frame rate, that FRAPS recorded in Mass Effect: Andromeda.

When the resolution was increased to 4K, even the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (Price Check) took a large hit in its frame rate. Even so, it managed to deliver an average frame rate in excess of 40 fps.

At this extremely high resolution, the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti was 6% faster than the Radeon RX Vega 64, 16% faster than the GeForce GTX 1070, and 23% faster than the Radeon RX Vega 56.

Our Verdict & Award

Many critics of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (Price Check) say that it is a pointless addition to the GeForce 10 Series family. We beg to disagree.

Built on the same NVIDIA GP104 GPU as the GeForce GTX 1080 and the GeForce GTX 1070, it is not meant to beat the AMD Radeon RX Vega graphics cards. The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Price Check) continues to maintain a comfortable performance lead.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti is really designed to challenge the AMD Vega cards from a price-performance POV. Take a look at this comparison :

As our Radeon RX Vega 64 and Radeon RX Vega 56 reviews have shown, they are both best used for 1440p gaming. The Radeon RX Vega 64 is faster, no doubt, but it is not fast enough for 2160p gaming.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti slides right in between them in price and performance. It offers Vega 64-level (or better) performance in DirectX 11 games, and Vega 56-level (or better) performance in DirectX 12 games.

But what most people miss is that the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti offers the same performance with much lower power consumption. It uses 14% less power than the Radeon RX Vega 56, and a whooping 39% less power than the Radeon RX Vega 64.

With minimal effort, NVIDIA just introduced a graphics card for 1440p gaming that is significantly cheaper than the Radeon RX Vega 64, with comparable performance, and significantly lower power consumption… and thermal output.

Instead of being a pointless model, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti offers one of the most compelling upgrade options for gamers who are looking for a good graphics card for 1440p gaming.

That’s why we think the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (Price Check) deserves our Editor’s Choice Award.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Price Check

In addition to the Founders Edition, there is a wide variety of third-party models. You can check their prices and availability here :

• ASUS GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Turbo
• ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1070 Ti A8G Gaming
• EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti FTW2 Gaming
• EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Gaming
• EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti SC Gaming ACX 3.0
• EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Hybrid Gaming
• GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Gaming 8G
• MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Aero 8G
• MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Duke 8G
• MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Gaming 8G
• MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Titanium 8G
• ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 Ti AMP Edition
• ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 Ti AMP Extreme
• ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Mini

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